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Investment Alternatives

Categories of Financial Markets:

 Marketable
 Nonmarketable

Types of investing:
 Direct
 Indirect

Nonmarketable Financial Assets

 Represent personal transactions between the owner and issuer
 Usually very liquid (ie. savings accts)
 Types:
 Savings Accts
 Certificate of Deposits
 Money Market Deposits
 NOW (Negotiable Orders of Withdrawals)
 EE Savings Bonds

Money Market Securities

 Short-term, highly liquid, relatively low risk
 Market dominated by financial institutions
 Purchased direct and indirect
 Money market rates are very close to each other
o T-bills are a bit lower
Types:
Treasury Bills
 Obligation of U.S. Government
 Maturity:
 3-6-9-12 mo.
 Sold on discount via an auction
 $10,000/5,000
 Bid
 Stop Out Price
 Non-Competitive Bid
 Max 1 Mil par
 Avoid some risk
 reduced return
 failure to secure
 Low risk
 exempt from state taxes
 good secondary market
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REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Repo's or RP's)
 An acquisition of funds through the sale of securities with a simultaneous agreement to
buy them back at a later date at an agreed upon price.

 Very flexible maturity

 Large denominations
 Secured
 Rate-close to Fed Funds but lower
 Not determined by rate on security underlying the Repo
 Issue Repo on face value of government security rather than on market value.
 No reserve requirements
 Participants
 Purpose
 liability management
 S/T use of funds

COMMERCIAL PAPER
 S/T unsecured promissory note
 Minimum 25,000/$100,000
 Exempt from regulation with SEC
 Original maturity  270 days
 Proceeds finance current trans.
 Substitute for S/T bank loans
 Credit Ratings on Commercial Paper
 Standby letters of credit

 Yield: Ycp = Par-Price x 360

Price n

NEGOTIABLE CD
 Large time deposits with specific maturity date & specified interest
 Active Secondary market
 Types
 Domestic
 Eurodollar
 Yankee

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BANKERS ACCEPTANCE
(BA)
 Member of a broad class of finance institutions known as bills of exchange.
 Bills of Exchange - drafts or orders to pay a specified amount at a specified time drawn
on individuals, business corp., or financial institutions.
 Drawee acknowledges the obligation - stamps "accepted"
 `Presto' we have an acceptance
 Letters of Credit - document which commits the bank to honor the draft drawn by a third
party for the bank's customer (substitutes bank's credit for bank's customer's credit).
 Often used in International trade
 Maturities
 30 to 270 days
 Good Secondary Market
 Functions as a S/T loan when bank holds the B.A.
 B.A. rates very close to the Neg. CD rate of the appropriate bank
 Bank charges an initial fee on face value of letter of credit

EURODOLLARS
 Dollar denominated deposit in banks outside the U.S. - usually interest bearing time
deposits.
 Large denominations.
 Ownership
 Eurodollar loans
 Eurodollar CD's
 Relative rates

U.S. loan Rate

US Eurodollar loan rate Euro
Spread Eurodollar deposit rate Spread
U.S. deposit rate

RISKS OF EURODOLLAR
 Government authorities where a Eurodollar deposit is held may interfere in movement or
repatriation of interest and/or principal of the deposit.

 International jurisdictional legal disputes.

 Soundness of foreign bank compared to U.S. bank.

Euro Currency Market

 Euro notes
 Euro-Commercial Paper
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Capital Market

 Fixed income and equity

 Securities with greater than a year to maturity
 Risk is higher than in the money market
 Marketability is poorer

Fixed Income Securities

 specified payment schedule
 maturity date

Bonds
General Characteristics
 long term debt instruments
 interest payments (if any) and the principal repayment are specified at issuance
 interest payment usually fixed
 Par value (face value) (Maturity value)
 Term bonds—bond has an interest rate and maturity to it
 Serial bonds—
 the same issue has several dates when bonds are issued to the investor—
may have multiple coupon rates
 Muni are often issued in this manner
 Series bonds
 Bonds have same dates of maturity but different issuing dates
 Construction loans
 Coupon bonds- bonds that are bearer bonds (no registered name)
 to collect interest payments must cut an interest coupon from the bond
 Zero Coupon bonds
 Price is quoted as % of par
 Trade on an accrued interest basis
 Bond purchaser must pay the bond seller the price of the bond plus interest earned
but not paid since the last interest payment
 May Trade at
 Par
 Discount
 Premium
 YTM
 Assumptions
 Reinvestment of cash flows
 Reinvestment at the YTM
 Rates remain constant
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 Call Provision
 Deferred Calls
 Call Premiums
 YTC
 Nonrefundable Bonds
▪ If the nonrefundable bonds were called the bonds must be paid with cash
cannot have a bond refunding
 Some bonds are not callable
▪ Treasuries issued after 2/85 cannot be called
 Trading
 Over the counter
 most corporate debt
 phone--electronic trading
 round lot = 5 bonds
 NY Bond Exchange
 trading is light
 Nine Bond Rule--if less than 9 bonds trade must go to the exchange floor
 Yellow Sheets
 bid and offer quotes daily

Treasury Notes and Bonds

 Notes 1-10 years Original Mat.
 Bonds > 10 years Original Mat.
 Denomination $1000; $5000; $10000; $100000; $500000; and $1 mil
 Book entry basis
 Quoted 32nds
 Auction and NonCompetitive Bids
 Aug 05-10 (WSJ listing) signifies matures in 2010 but callable beginning in 2005

Trading of Govt.
 Over-the Counter
 large commercial banks
 foreign banks
 US Govt. dealers
 full service brokerage houses
 Federal reserve
 Primary dealers
 about 40 firms designated by Fed as US Govt. securities dealers
 Secondary dealers
 Quotes by primary dealers - computer quotation service
 Initial offering of Treasuries---Competitive bids (dominated by primary dealers)

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Agency Securities
 Federally Sponsored Agencies - bulk
 Federal Agencies

FEDERAL AGENCIES
 Legally part of the federal government and their securities are fully guaranteed by the
Treasury
 Federal Financing Bank
 Types
 GMA
 Ex-Imp Bank
 TVA
 Postal Service

FEDERALLY SPONSORED AGENCIES

 Privately Owned institutions that sell their own securities in the marketplace in order
to raise funds for their
 specific purposes
 Right to draw on Treasury funds up to a specified amount
 Not guaranteed by the Govt
 Maturity
 1-5 years
 Yield
 higher than Treasury Securities
 Good Secondary Market
 Major Types
 Housing
 FNMA
 FHLMC
 FHLB
 Agriculture
 Farm Credit System
 Federal Land Bank
 Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
 Banks for Cooperatives
 Higher yield than Fed. Agencies

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Agriculture:
 Federal Farm Credit
 Federal Land Bank
 long-term (1-15 years)
 non-callable
 book-entry
 loans secured by 1st mortgage on farm buildings and land
 quoted as percentage in par in 32nds
 par $1000

 Federal Intermediate Credit

 intermediate terms (up to 5 years)
 agricultural production
 sold on a discount basis
 quoted on discount yield basis
 typically 50 basis points higher than Treasury

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 Banks for Cooperatives
 maturities from 5-270 days
 used for seasonal or term loans to cooperatives owned by farmers
 sold on a discount
 quoted on discount yield basis
 Book-entry

Secondary Market for home mortgages

 Federal Home Loan Banks
 Federal National Mortgage Association ( Fannie Mae)
 Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)

Federal Home Loan Banks (Freddie MAC)

 first mortgage agency (1932)
 loan funds to S&L
 FHLB issues minimum denomination $10,000 or greater bonds
 interest semi-annual-fully taxable
 book entry form
 non-callable
 quoted as a percentage of par in 32nds
 short-term debt issued as discounts
 implicitly backed by govt.

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Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
 second mortgage agency (1938)
 buys government guaranteed and insured mortgages and conventional mortgages
 minimum denomination $10,000 and larger
 interest semi-annual- fully taxable
 non-callable
 debentures and notes in book-entry
 percentage of par in 32nd
 short term sold on a discount
 pass-through
 monthly interest & principal
 minimum denomination $25,000 and larger
 registered
 quoted as percentage of par in 32nd
 prepayment risk
 privatized
 income--spread & servicing fees

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. - Freddie Mac

 fourth mortgage agency ( 1970)
 buy conventional mortgage
 Issue participation certificates
 interest and principal received monthly--fully taxable
 minimum denomination $25,000
 quoted as percentage of par in 32nd
 privatized -- listed on NYSE
 implicitly backed by the govt

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. - GMC

 Guaranteed Mortgage Certificates
 pool of conventional mortgages
 interest semi-annual--fully taxable
 principal returned once a year in a guaranteed minimum amount

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Other Agencies

Student Loan Marketing Association-Sallie Mae

 purchases insured student loans
 sells debentures using loans as collateral
 semi-annual interest--fully taxable
 quoted as percentage of par in 32nd
 privatized- listed on NYSE
 implicitly guaranteed by govt

Resolution Trust Company (1989)

 issued bonds guaranteed by govt
 no longer issuing bonds

Federal Housing Administration

Tennessee Valley Authority

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MUNICIPALS

Characteristics
• Debt issues of state, local governments and political subdivisions
• Interest usually tax exempt from Federal income tax
• May be subject to state and local tax (resident of the state of issue exemption)
• New issues are in registered form
• Issues until mid 1983 are in bearer form
 no record of owner
 bearer coupons
 congress prohibited bearer bonds in 1983--tax evasion
 more desirable than registered--trade at higher price
• Some are in book-entry (resistance)
• Legal opinion by bond counsel on the face of bond
• opinion on whether the issue is legally binding and the tax exemption of the
interest
• unqualified opinion
• qualified opinion
• Serial bonds
• Most long-term debt
• maturities spread out over the life of the issue
• interest semi-annually
• if issue designed such that interest and principal repayment are the same each
year than called “level debt service”
• Discount
• short-term bonds
• Types
• General Obligations (GO)
• Payment of interest and principal from the full taxing power of the issuer
• local government--ad valorem taxes
• property taxes
• State constitutional limit on debt limits
• Default--tax levy or legislative appropriation to make payment
• Revenue Bonds (Self-Supporting Debt)
• Interest and principal paid from a specified source of revenue
• operations of projects,user fees, rents, grants, excise and other non-
valorem taxes
• Feasibility study
• usually outside consultants
• Most issued under a trust indenture
• protective covenants
• maintenance--good repair
• rate -- maintain fees at level to pay debt
• segregation of funds--revenues collected from project separate from
general pool of funds
• maintenance of books and records---usually annual audit

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• TAX Equivalent Yield

• TEY=(Tax-exempt muni yld)/(1-federal marginal tax rate)
• May be exempt from state and local taxes
• Effective state tax rate= (State marginal tax rate)*(1-federal marginal tax rate)
• Combined Effective tax rate+ effective state rate + federal rate
• Combined TEY = (Tax-exempt muni yld)/(1-combined effective tax rate)

CORPORATE BONDS

Characteristics
• Trust indenture
• coupon rate
• maturity—20-40 years
• special features
• Usually callable
• Sinking fund
• protective covenants
• Trustee
• Trust Indenture Act 1939
• Requires all corporate debt over $5,000,000 to have an indenture
• Secured Debt
• Specific collateral is pledged against the issue
• Mortgage Bond
• most common form of corporate debt
• lien
• senior or junior lien (1st or 2nd mortgage)
• open-end
• additional bond test--will the earning before interest payments
support additional debt
• earning before interest in prior period(s) must exceed both current
interest and projected interest
• closed-end
• principal source of funding for utilities
• Unsecured Debt
• Debentures
• Unsecured debt
• Backed by issuer’s promise to pay
• intermediate or long-term
• “blue-chip” with high credit ratings
• lower credit rated companies--junk bonds
• credit risk
• Subordinate Debentures
• lower status than debentures
• usually convertible into common stock
• Income Bonds (Adjustment Bond)—type of debenture

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• often result of reorganization/bankruptcy

• give up old bonds for an income bond
• issuer only pays if the company has earnings
• sweetener-- a greater principal amount than the old bond
(principal is adjusted)
• interest accrues but is only paid when the company has earnings
• if trading while not paying interest they trade “flat”
• flat--without any accrued interest
• Convertible Debt
• Bond that can be converted at the option of the owner into common
stock of issuer
• At issuance conversion price set at a premium to the stock’s current
market price
• Conversion Ratio= (Par Value of Bond)/(Conversion Price)
• Parity Price of Bond=(Conversion ratio) X (Stock’s Market Price)
• i.e. bond convertible @ $40 share
• 1 bond = $1000/40 = 25 shares
• current Market Price $35 shares
• parity Value = $35 * 25 = $875.00
• Trade above parity--conversion value is zero
• interest rate movements drive the price
• Trade below parity-conversion has value
• conversion price $25
• 1000/25 =40 shares
• current market price $30
• parity price: 40 X $30 = $1200
• if trade below this price--have a riskless gain realized
through arbitrage if convert
• Usually sold close to par
• Par =$1000
• Ratings
• S&P
• Moodys
• Investment Grade
• Top 4 ratings
• Institutions can only buy investment
• C-no interest payment
• D-bond in default

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Asset-Backed Securities

Securitized Mortgage
 Pass-through
 Ginnie Mae
 Freddie Mac
 Fannie Mae
 CMO—(some)
 relatively high yield
 investment grading—affects the yld
 may be very long maturity during stable or rising interest rate periods
 relatively short maturity when rates decline
 early pay-off
 average life--12 years on a 30-year mortgage
 prepayment risk
 greater the higher the contract interest rate
 extension risk
 when rates rise, homeowners do not prepay
 Denomination $1000
 Quoted as percentage of par in 32nds
 Quoted as yield on Treasury plus a spread
 Unit Investment Trust--not exempt from the SEC regulations

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

CMO-Plain Vanilla
 Designed to minimize the prepayment and extension risk
 Separate classes (tranches) are created on the basis of expected cash flows
 Each tranch has an expected life
 Not a pass-through
 Interest payments distributed on a pro-rata to all tranches
 Principal payments are applied to Tranch 1 securities first until Tranch 1 is
retired--time is estimated from past experience
 Tranches provide a wide range of maturities

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PAC (Planned Amortization Class) tranches

 surrounding this tranch are 1 or 2 Companion tranches
 interest payments are made pro rata to all tranches
 PAC designed to pay a “target” amount each month
 early principal payments are applied to the Companion class (prepayment
risk)— “call protection” against falling interest rates
 later than expected principal payments are applied to the PAC before the
Companion (extension risk)
 PAC acts more like a “true” bond than Plain Vanilla CMO
 more certain maturity date

TAC (Targeted Amortization Class) tranch

 Version of the PAC
 Designed to pay a “target” amount of principal each month
 Only has one Companion Class associated with it
 Protects against prepayment risk--”Call protection” during falling interest
rates
 Does not protect against extension risk
 if principal payment cash flow is insufficient to reach “target” principal
payment--goes in arrears for the balance
 Average life may be extended

Preferred Stock

Characteristics
 Hybrid between stocks and bonds
 Senior Security--priority over common stock
 Paid before common stock
 Liquidation
 Typically $100 Par
 recent trend move to $50 par (makes round lots more affordable)
 Fixed dividend (10% of par--dividend $10/year)
 Do not participate in growth of company since dividend is fixed
 Dividends paid semi-annually or quarterly
 Purchasers of Preferred-other corporations
 Tax code allows corporate buyers of other company’s preferred stock a
break in taxes
 If a corporation owns less than 20% of the outstanding
preferred stock of company A:
 70% of the preferred dividend received is not taxable for
FIT
 If a corporation owns more than 20% of the preferred stock of
company A:

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 80% of the dividend received is not taxable for FIT

 Does not vote
 Does not have preemptive rights
 Cumulative Preferred (Most preferred are cumulative)
 Callable Preferred (Most preferred are callable)
 Participating--Performance Preferred
 PS shares in “extra” dividends declared by Board
 Adjustable Rate (a few Preferred have variable rate)
 indexed to market rates
 reset periodically
 Convertible Preferred
 Conversion Ratio-lists the price of common stock that the preferred is
converted
 Conversion Ratio= Par/Conversion Price
 I.e. Par 100 convert at $25 a share get 4 shares--at what market price
for the common shares would you convert?
 Parity price of preferred
 (market price of common) * conversion ratio
 Conversion feature may drive the value of the preferred stock rather than
interest rates if the common stock price has risen above the conversion
price.
 Forced Conversion: Can occur if the convertible PS also has a callable
feature issuer by forcing conversion eliminates the PS higher dividend and
replaces it with a lower dividend of CS
 I.e. Company calls bond; bond has a callable price with a 2% premium
(102) what do you do if bond is convertible--convert or submit for call
conversion price is $25 per share --4 shares per bond
 If current stock price is $27 than convert and your value = 4*27 =108

Preferred Hybrids

 MIPS
 QUIPS
 TOPrS
 Most are traded on NYSE
 Fixed monthly or quarterly dividends
 Maturities 30-49 years
 Callable after 5 years

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Common Stock
Characteristics:
 Owner of corporation/ equity position
 “Closely Held”
 If publicly traded listed on one of the national exchanges and can be listed
on a regional exchange
 Issuers of common stock--corporations and investment companies
 Charter
 authorizes a fixed number of shares to be issued--(called
authorized stock)
 Par value usually very low
 Par set low due to many states taxing corporations based on
the par values of their shares outstanding shares - actually
in the market
 Book Value =accounting value
 Common stock outstanding (Par Value) + Capital in excess of par
+ Retained earnings
 Aggregate Value of Firm
 # shares outstanding * share market value
 Book Value per share
 Book Value/(# of common shares outstanding)
 Dividends-----Board of Directors set:
 Declaration Date: date cash dividend, stock dividend, splits, or
rights offerings declared
 Record Date: date on which owners of the dividends, splits, or
rights are determined by the transfer agent
 To be owner of record for distribution, the security must be paid
for by the close of business on the record date
 Ex-dividend date: date stock sells without dividend rights
 Exchange sets the ex-dividend date:
 Set as 2 business days before record date (3
days if count record date)
 Reduces the price of the stock by the
dividend amount upon the exchange opening
 Payable Date: date the dividend check, stock dividend, split, or
rights are made available to the owner
 Cash Dividend
 Dividend Yld= (last 12 month dividend)/(current market price)
 Payout Ratio= (Dividend Paid per share)/(earnings per share)
 Stock Dividends
 Can’t exceed 25% of outstanding shares
 Example:
 20% stock dividend
 Number of shares after dividend:

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 own x shares now will receive .2*X for a total of x

+.2X=1.2 X
 Stock price after dividend
 current market price 1 share = $40
 after dividend 1.2 shares =$40
 1 share = current market price/(1+stock dividend
percentage)
 1 share =$40/1.2 = $33.33
 Stock Splits
 Adjust in price for splits upon exchange opening
 Before Split: Investor has X shares
 After a 3 for 4 split: Investor has 4/3 * X shares
 Price after split
 I.e. Stock is at $60 a share
 3-4 split--currently 3 shares = $60 * 3= $180
 After the split have 4 shares = $180
 3/4* Current market price = share value after split
 3/4*60=45
 Total value: 4 *45 = 180
 P/E ratio
 Normalized earnings
 Treasury Stock
 Corporation repurchases shares from the market
 Outstanding shares are reduced (issued shares remain the same)
 --EPS will increase (fewer outstanding shares)
 --Price will increase
 Shares repurchased used for:
 fund pension plans
 fund stock options (ESOP)
 can be used for payment in mergers/acquisitions
 Cannot vote shares
 Do not receive dividends
 Shareholder Recordkeeping
 All equity securities are registered (vs bearer)
 Registrar--outside firm
 maintains record of shareholders names and addresses
 oversees that company does not issue more than the
authorized shares
 watchdog over transfer agent
 Transfer agent--outside firm
 cancels old shares/record new
 accurate record of shareholders on a daily basis
 mail dividends, corporate news, and voting materials
 certificates--often in book-entry form (no certificates
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 Transfer agent and clearing house maintains ownership

record
 Paying agent-responsible for payment to owner as of record date
 Rights of Common Shareholder
 Limited liability
 Right to inspect books/records
 audited financial statements are required to be sent to
shareholders annually by SEC
 Right to transfer ownership
 shares are negotiable VS non-negotiable
 Preemptive rights
 state law where corporation is chartered determines if stock
can have preemptive rights
 if have preemptive rights---rights offerings occur when new
shares are to be issued
 Corporate distributions
 Board of Directors declares cash dividend ,stock dividend,
or split
 Corporate Assets
 liquidate company-prorate share after everyone else paid
 Right to vote at annual meeting
 Board of Directors
 matters affecting ownership interest
 voting rules vary by state
 must attend annual meeting to vote?
 if not attending meeting--can send a proxy
 if don’t send proxy -- management controls the voting

Investing Internationally in Equities

 Foreign firms may be listed on exchange if meet the SEC rules

 American Depository Receipts (ADR)
 Foreign companies do not want their stock traded in the US due to registration
requirements of the SEC
 Foreign companies let large US banks headquartered in their country buy
large blocks of their stock and place the securities in trust in the country of
origin
 The bank issues ADR which are backed by the securities held in trust.
 ADRs are registered with the SEC and sold in the US
 One ADR may represent one share, multiple shares, or fractional shares
 Types:
 Sponsored ADR--(ADSs)
 If listed on an exchange must be sponsored
 Sponsored ADR : foreign company sponsors the issue

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
Sponsored ADRs are called American Depositary Shares (ADSs)

Use only one depositary bank appointed by the issuer

Provide quarterly and annual reports in English

Dividends are in foreign currency and may be subject to the
foreign country’s tax ( we then claim a credit against US taxes due
on dividends)
 Non-sponsored ADRs
 Foreign stock placed in trust without the foreign companies’
participation
 May have more than one depositary bank
 Annual reports are in the language of the foreign company
 Receive dividend—paid in dollars
 Cannot vote--bank votes
 No preemptive rights--bank sells the right and passes the funds on
to shareholder
 Trade over the counter ( NYSE aggressively pursuing ADR listing)
 Prices quoted in dollars
 Investment Companies specializing in foreign securities

Derivatives

 Value derived from their connected underlying security

 Options:
 An option is a right to buy (or sell) a given number (if stock then 100
shares) of units of a particular security at a particular price (exercise or
strike price) before a particular expiration date.
 This right may or may not be exercised. The buyer may (1) exercise
the option, (2) sell the option, and (3) let the option expire. The buyer
(holder) of the option pays the writer (seller) of the option for this
right. This is known as the option premium (option price).
 The Exercise or strike price is standardized. For most stocks the strike
price is set by the exchange at 5 point intervals nearest to where the
stock is currently trading ( i.e.. If the stock is trading at $43 then
options at strikes of $40 and $45 may be issued by the exchange).
 Call
 An option for the right to buy is called a CALL OPTION.
 Buyers of calls are protected from price increases above the strike
price (+option price).
 Put
 An option for the right to sell is called a PUT OPTION.
 Buyers of puts are protected from price decreases below the strike
price (-option price).

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 Futures
 A future contract is an agreement that you will accept (or make)
delivery of a particular asset (either real or financial) on some date in
the future at a price determined today.
 Any asset can be traded for future delivery between two parties on
whatever terms are agreeable to them through a forward contract.
 When the forward contract has:
 Standardized amounts
 a carefully defined asset
 deliverable on a specified date
 subject to terms and conditions established by organized market on
which it
 is traded, then the contract is a futures contract
 Marked to market -- daily settlement of any gains or losses on the
future contracts are made.
 Warrants
 Long term option to buy stock at a fixed price until a specified date
 Often offered as “sweetener” to new stock or bond issues
 issuer can sell stock for a higher price
 issuer can sell bond at a lower coupon rate
 Normal life of 5 years
 Perpetual warrants do exist
 Exercise price is substantially higher than stock’s current price
 Trade separately on the exchange the stock is listed
 Usually has a wait period--cannot be exercised until a specified time
 Value at issuance indeterminate

 Rights
 Short term option to buy stock at fixed price
 Usually issued for 30-60 days and then expires
 Issued under preemptive rights
 Trade separately from stock on the exchange where the stock is listed

Options
 Created by investors not by the corporation
 An option is a right to buy (or sell) a given number (if stock then 100 shares) of units
of a particular security at a particular price (exercise or strike price) before a
particular expiration date.
 Call—right to buy
 Put ---right to sell
 Time period
 Several months into the future
 LEAPs (Long-term Equity AnticiPation options)

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 Issued each May with an expiration 30 months later

 Have much higher (speculative) time premiums than the regular stock options
 Maximum life: 35 months (Series 7 test--36 months)
 American style option
 Influences on Premiums
 longer time -- higher premium
 greater volatility of the underlying stock -- higher premium
 stock price & exercise price--In the Money options have a greater option price
Call: Put:
In M.P. > E.P. M.P. < E.P.
Out M.P. < E.P. M.P. > E.P.
At M.P. = E.P. M.P. = E.P.

 Interest rates
 higher rates -- premium increase
 Buy the option and invest the difference between option
price and stock price into an interest bearing investment
 Dividend rate:
 Higher dividend
 Lower Call Price-- become more attractive to own the stock
 Higher Put Price--less attractive to sell short in stock
market since short seller must pay the dividend to the
lender of the stock--alternative is buy puts--causing greater
demand for the put
 Writers (sellers)—may have unlimited risk
 Buyers—risk is defined—limited to premium paid
 Not an obligation but a right

Futures

 A future contract is an agreement that you will accept (or make) delivery of a
particular asset (either real or financial) on some date in the future at a price
determined today.
 Margin
 Two types of margins requirements are usually specified by the exchanges
and their cleaning corporations:
 1) Initial margin - earnest money required to open a position
 2) Maintenance margin- reflects the level earnest money cannot
fall below
 Marked to market -- daily settlement of any gains or losses on the future contracts are
made.
 Most futures are offset—if you buy then before settlement you sell the contract
 Most players are:
 Hedgers
 Speculators

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 Option on Futures
 Calls—right to assume the future position
 Puts—right to sell the future position

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